We reported on how Toyota is late to the electric car revolution just yesterday. While the Japanese automaker doesn’t seem to have many EVs in the pipeline, it has now confirmed that it plans to be among the first automakers to commercialize electric cars using new solid-state batteries.

A report from the Chunichi Shimbun daily (via Reuters) suggested that Toyota is on track to launch a new electric car platform in 2022 with solid-state batteries powering the vehicles and enabling longer ranges and faster charging.

The company didn’t comment on the specific platform, but they did confirm that they plan “to commercialize all-solid-state batteries by the early 2020s.”

Solid-state batteries are thought to be a lot safer than common li-ion cells and could have more potential for higher energy density, but we have yet to see a company capable of producing it in large-scale and at an attractive price point competitive with li-ion.

Those working on the technology have stayed vague about a timeline for commercialization, but despite its seemingly far away timeline of “the early 2020s”, it looks like Toyota aims to be among the first to use the technology in electric vehicles.